30.5.26 - 146 - More about ageing with fitness
why does it take 4 months for a noticeable change in the body when exercising daily and eating normally? It does not actually take four full months to see a change; your body begins changing on a cellular level within the very first hour of your workout . However, for a 55-year-old woman who is 1.5 metres tall, "eating normally" while exercising daily makes fat loss a steady, controlled process. It takes about four months (16 weeks) for those microscopic internal shifts to accumulate into a dramatic, undeniable visual transformation in the mirror. Here is the biological timeline of why the visual transformation takes exactly that long: 1. The Muscle-Fat Weight "Stall" (Weeks 1–6) When you return to running and freestyle swimming after a six-month break, your pre-existing muscle memory wakes up instantly. Your body begins storing glycogen (carbohydrate energy) and water directly inside your muscle cells to fuel your workouts. While you are burning fat, your muscles...